Any italian areas in Greenville.. (Easley, Simpsonville: sales, new home, neighborhood)

[tonyandclaire89]

all,

Thank everyone for their input....Nice to know there's a few choices...BTW...
Ckeegan I know this is a hard question to answer...would you know off hand what the average cost is to build a one story home in Greenville or surrounding areas...excluding the land...

[Chinolala]

Originally Posted by tonyandclaire89

Hi All,

Just wondering if there's an italian section in Greenville...If I'm able to convince the wife someday to relocate from Massachusetts...I definitely dont want to go to an area with no authentic italian food...Ill really miss that
pasta...lol

Good luck. I'm not even Italian and moved South once and missed good Italian food. We have tons of it here. Lots of restaurants with chefs from Italy and good Italian delis and grocery stores to go to. Not that good Italian food is a necessity in life, but it's sure nice to have it around once you get used to having it around. Aside from Italian food, I missed other good ethnic cuisine as well. We wound up moving back after a year. Food was not the reason, just one small reason of many.

[guestposter24]

Originally Posted by motonenterprises

And guestposter probably doesn't even have a degree. Most educated people are open minded. Come on down, I welcome you. Might help run some of the uneducated and ignorant out to somewhere else.

...and my guess is that you didn't have a degree in high school either?

I do make good grades and am looking at some 4 year schools.

[Skyliner]

Originally Posted by tonyandclaire89

Hi All,

Just wondering if there's an italian section in Greenville...If I'm able to convince the wife someday to relocate from Massachusetts...I definitely dont want to go to an area with no authentic italian food...Ill really miss that
pasta...lol

Try Ristorante Bergamo and Trattoria Giorgio before making your decision. Both of these restaurants serve authentic Italian cuisine and are located within a few blocks of each other on Main Street. I also enjoy Travinia Italian Kitchen on Woodruff Road.

[g-man430]

Portofino's on East North Street is great for Italian food: Portofinos, Greenville, SC : Reviews and maps - Yahoo! Local I'm half Italian myself so I should know.

[motonenterprises]

Originally Posted by guestposter24

...and my guess is that you didn't have a degree in high school either?

I do make good grades and am looking at some 4 year schools.

I'm a college grad and make close to 6 digits. Good luck with that, not easy for most and I had no handouts. If your mind doesn't open some you will fail. Stop being closed minded and blasting everyone that ask about the area. They didn't ask for that.

[grovak]

Originally Posted by guestposter24

...and my guess is that you didn't have a degree in high school either?

I do make good grades and am looking at some 4 year schools.

Guestposter you sound like a young person. I truly hope you are not representative of your generation in greenville! How can you be so cynical at such a young age? The world is changing and you can't stop it. Sometimes change is good. Look for the good in life...like delicious italian food!

[Studyin'2Show]

Originally Posted by grovak

Guestposter you sound like a young person. I truly hope you are not representative of your generation in greenville! How can you be so cynical at such a young age? The world is changing and you can't stop it. Sometimes change is good. Look for the good in life...like delicious italian food!

Somehow I think guestposter may have been misunderstood a bit in this thread. I don't think they, in any way, meant to say there was a 'problem' with being Italian or anything else. I think their point was simply that maybe we shouldn't be concerned about finding an 'Italian' section or an 'Irish' section or a 'Spanish' section because that would mean we are not learning to live with people of other cultures. I didn't see anything at all racist in this young person's post but rather the opposite. I think for someone who is not familiar with the very common cultural segregation in many northern cities, guestposter believed it was the OP that desired to segregate himself only wanting to live near other Italians, while I believe the point was merely about finding authentic Italian food. So, I think there is a bit of misunderstanding as far as each others motives but nothing really sinister.

To the OP, I don't believe Greenville has specific cultural neighborhoods like you see up north. I remember when I lived in Philadelphia there was a lot of very distinct division between cultures with each group (Italian, black, Hispanic etc) staying pretty much within their 'own' neighborhoods. In Greenville, while you will see predominently black or white areas, I have not seen any further cultural segregation.

[motonenterprises]

Originally Posted by Studyin'2Show

Somehow I think guestposter may have been misunderstood a bit in this thread. I don't think they, in any way, meant to say there was a 'problem' with being Italian or anything else. I think their point was simply that maybe we shouldn't be concerned about finding an 'Italian' section or an 'Irish' section or a 'Spanish' section because that would mean we are not learning to live with people of other cultures. I didn't see anything at all racist in this young person's post but rather the opposite. I think for someone who is not familiar with the very common cultural segregation in many northern cities, guestposter believed it was the OP that desired to segregate himself only wanting to live near other Italians, while I believe the point was merely about finding authentic Italian food. So, I think there is a bit of misunderstanding as far as each others motives but nothing really sinister.

To the OP, I don't believe Greenville has specific cultural neighborhoods like you see up north. I remember when I lived in Philadelphia there was a lot of very distinct division between cultures with each group (Italian, black, Hispanic etc) staying pretty much within their 'own' neighborhoods. In Greenville, while you will see predominently black or white areas, I have not seen any further cultural segregation.

This person has said specifically that he or she didn't like all of this people moving here because they may affect the culture. I'm not sure which culture he is talking about, but I hope it isn't the part that keeps everything the same. The south has a history of bigotry and that needs to change.

[Studyin'2Show]

Originally Posted by guestposter24

I know you speak English. I was using that as an example as to how the people didn't adapt and overtook the culture in that area.

Originally Posted by motonenterprises

This person has said specifically that he or she didn't like all of this people moving here because they may affect the culture. I'm not sure which culture he is talking about, but I hope it isn't the part that keeps everything the same. The south has a history of bigotry and that needs to change.

Being from South Florida currently, I understand the point and I don't take it as racist. I was looking for a used car about a year ago and actually called a Hispanic seller who flat said they would only sell to another Hispanic. There is a LOT of voluntary segregation down here. I am black, my hubby is white. My brother married a Hispanic woman and my father married a Filipino woman. Believe me, I'm not racist. However, I believe that people segregating 'themselves' is the racist concept, not what this high school student has said. When I lived in Philadelphia as a child, blacks didn't venture into the Italian neighborhood after dark and the Italians didn't venture the other way either. THAT'S the racism. Not a naive teenager who's wondering why there needs to be the separation. THAT'S the innocence. Just please, reconsider that you may be innocently misunderstanding this kid's position, that's all. guestposter, if I'm the one misunderstanding and you are saying that you don't want people of other cultures in Greenville, please correct me.